Drain-rack.



F. A. GOEBEL.

DRAW RAGK.

APPLKCATION man MAR 21, 1916.

Patented July 25, 1916.

NIT STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRAI QK ALBERT GOEBEL, 01? PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO, CANADA.

DRAIN-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July, 2531 916,

Application filed March 27, 1916. Serial No. 87,055.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Flume ALBERT GosnlcL, of. Port Arthur, Pro\" 1nce of Ontario,

Dominion of Canada, have invented certain I being vertically disposed and so spaced that a current of air can readily circulate therea round to effectively dry the same, to render the rack capable of being knocked down so that it will ecupy a minimumspace and facilitate in the shipping, and generally to simplify the construction of the rack and adapt it to better perform the functions required of it. i

\Vith the above objects in view, .the'inven t-ion consists essentially of the; llllplOVCd construction particularly described and setforth in .the following specification and aecompanying drawings forming part of the same.

view of the improved drain rack. Fig. 2 is a. vertical section of the same. 7

' Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, i-\ represents the improved drain rack comprising the end members 10 and 11 operativcly held in spaced relation by the longitudinally e.\"- [ending bars 12 and ii}, secured y screws to the back and front edges of the. end nc-mbcrs.

In the drawings, Figure. l is a perspective The longitndinally cxtcrnling bars are arsaid slat-s from coming into eontaet'with the wood of the longitudinally extending-bars and rotting or tending to render the saaile unsanitary. 55. To facilitate in supporting the raek the upper longitudinallyextending bars 12' may. be provided with orificesadapted tob e engaged with suspending hooks or the like.

The assembly of the rack will readily be ($0 I understood from the foregoing description." 'hen the rack is in use, plates or 'sim'ilar washed dishes are arranged so that their. I

peripheries rest on the ltmgitudinzrlv bars 12 and 1? the plates being embraced at their '1 lower ends by adj aconttransversely extend}. ing slats which retainthem-in a vertical. posit-ion allowing the plates to drip and permitting of a free eirculation of airtherearound, to ell'ectively dry the' same. From this description it willbe seen that I have invented a drain rack-which can be advantageouslv employed in kitchens and likeplaces and wherein. there is no pos sibility of the wood composingthe-structure rotting or otherwise becoming unsanitary. As many changes could be lllfldBflllthQ I above c mstruetion, and many widely'idiffercut embodimentsof my-invention within the scope of the. claims and notdeparting from the spirit. or 5 0 10 thereof,- it is intended thatall mattercontained in the-accompanying specification and drawings, be interpreted as illustrative andnot in a lim-.- iting sense. .85

\Vhat I claim as my invention is? l. A drain rack comprising end members, a plurality of longitiulinally extending bars operalively supporting the end'inembers in spaced relation. and provided wit-h-longitudinally extending grooves in the inner faces thereor' a. metallic. channel mounted in eadl each of the said grooves provided with flanges along the longitudinal edges de signed to snugly engage the face of thebar, and mplurality of equidistantly spaced transversely extending slats havlng their ends frietionally embraced by the said channels.. a

In witness whereof I have hereunto se? 1 my hand in the presence of two witnesses. FRANK ALBERT GOEBEL.

Witnesses:

DONALD JAMES COWAN, ARTHUR Gounon COWAN. 

